| NOUN | process | erosion, eroding, eating away, wearing, wearing away | (geology) the mechanical process of wearing or grinding something down (as by particles washing over it) |
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| state | erosion | condition in which the earth's surface is worn away by the action of water and wind | |
| process | erosion | a gradual decline of something | |
| process | erosion, corrosion, corroding | erosion by chemical action |
| Sounds | ihrow'zhahn | |
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| Rhymes | Aachen ... Zukerman: 2572 rhymes with ahn... | |
| Meaning | (geology) the mechanical process of wearing or grinding something down (as by particles washing over it). | |
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| Synonyms | eroding, eating away, wearing, wearing away | |
| Category | geology | A science that deals with the history of the earth as recorded in rocks / rocks |
| Narrower | ablation | The erosive process that reduces the size of glaciers |
| abrasion, attrition, corrasion, detrition | erosion by friction | |
| beach erosion | The erosion of beaches | |
| chatter mark | marks on a glaciated rock / rock caused by the movement of a glacier | |
| deflation | (geology) the erosion of soil as a consequence of sand and dust and loose rocks / rocks being removed by the wind | |
| planation | The process of erosion whereby a level surface is produced | |
| soil erosion | The washing away of soil by the flow of water | |
| Broader | geological process, geologic process | (geology) a natural process whereby geological features are modified |
| Spanish | erosión | |
| Catalan | erosió | |
| Verbs | erode | remove soil or rock |
| Meaning | Condition in which the earth's surface is worn away by the action of water and wind. | |
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| Broader | environmental condition | The state of the environment |
| Spanish | erosión | |
| Verbs | erode | remove soil or rock |
| erode | become ground down or deteriorate | |
| Meaning | A gradual decline of something. | |
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| Example | "after the accounting scandal there was an erosion of confidence in the auditors" | |
| Broader | decline, diminution | change toward something smaller or lower |
| Spanish | erosión | |
| Meaning | erosion by chemical action. | |
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| Synonyms | corrosion, corroding | |
| Narrower | pitting, roughness, indentation | The formation of small pits in a surface as a consequence of corrosion |
| rust, rusting | The formation of reddish-brown ferric oxides on iron by low-temperature oxidation in the presence of water | |
| Broader | chemical process, chemical change, chemical action | (chemistry) any process determined by the atomic and molecular composition and structure of the substances involved |
| Spanish | corrosión, corrosivo, desgaste, erosión | |
| Catalan | corrosió, desgast, erosió | |
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